How to Use Urdu in a Sentence

Urdu

noun

• The Kyrie prayer will be sung in Urdu.
  — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
• The Urdu language is not so wordy, because the words already have so much meaning.
  — Peter Helman, SPIN, 30 May 2024
• What came next was Ahmed sitting down with Stewart teaching him Urdu swear words.
  — Amanda Champagne-Meadows, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2026
• On the track, the former One Direction singer joins the trio on vocals in Urdu.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
• While most of her songs are in Urdu, Aftab offered neither summaries nor subtitles.
  — Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
• English-speakers could have just called the color tan, or maybe beige, but the Hindi-Urdu word, as the idiom goes, has had legs.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
• They were filmed on busy streets or inside living rooms, and their narrators spoke in English, Urdu or other languages.
  — Stuart A. Thompson, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• Urdu and Hindi are very similar languages, so a lot of people from India are following the show.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
• Children called out to their parents over the sound of the waves in Arabic, Urdu, English and Russian.
  — Vivian Nereim Andrea Dicenzo, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• The word hijra likely comes from the Urdu language (and perhaps earlier from Persian).
  — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
• The album features 10 tracks performed in the Urdu and Punjabi languages.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
• The latest adaptation starring Aly will be in the original Urdu language.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Jan. 2023
• The sole witness to the altercation was the car’s driver, who testified at the trial through an Urdu language translator.
  — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
• But per People, when on the stand speaking through an Urdu translator, Sarwar does not repeat that assessment.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
• Indeed, the word itself is derived from the subcontinental language Urdu.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2025
• The jury saw video of that meeting, translated from Urdu, which started with Merchant taking Ali’s phone and putting it in a drawer.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
• Nadim had just finished praying at the nearby Dawood Mosque when the truck driver clipped him, a friend of Nadim’s told Urdu News.
  — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
• The group also owned newspapers and magazines in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023
• After years of sustained protests, the Pakistani government made both Urdu and Bengali national languages of the country.
  — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026
• In court Monday, Naveed Sarwar, speaking through an Urdu interpreter, made no such colorful comments.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
• Written on the bandana, in Urdu and English, were slogans indicating the wearer’s readiness for martyrdom.
  — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
• Its six pieces unfold as immersive meditations, with the artists drawing from wells of jazz, Urdu poetry, and spirituality.
  — Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
• One of the earliest such policies was the imposition of Urdu as Pakistan’s sole national language in 1948.
  — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026
• The film’s soundtrack features songs in the Urdu, Punjabi and Pushto languages, aimed at appealing to diverse audiences across Pakistan.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
• On top of the door knockers, there were 100 policy volunteers alone; the campaign launched voter-education outreach in languages like Urdu and Bangla.
  — Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
• Ubiquitous in many parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, kohl is known by other names, including surma in Urdu and kajal in Hindi.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
• Stylistically, the works included references to hip-hop, the Beach Boys, Urdu ghazals and psychedelic Cuban blues.
  — Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
• The initial burst of productions will be in the Hindustani (combining Hindi and Urdu) language that is understood across the subcontinent.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2023
• The installation ceremony nodded to the role's global reach, with sections in languages, which included Spanish, Swahili and Urdu.
  — Robbie Griffiths, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
• Like Mind of Mine, which features an interlude performed in Urdu, Konnakol will spotlight Zayn’s cultural background.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026